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Fire fighters gather on Taylor Street in Bethel Island, after fighting a two alarm fire that happened around 2:26 a.m. in Bethel Island, Calif., on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The blaze which started in a one story home destroyed two home and damaged a third. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Staff)

A firefighters puts water on a flare-up from a two-alarm fire that happened around 2:26 a.m. in Bethel Island, Calif., on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The blaze destroyed two homes and damaged a third. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Staff)

Fire investigators gather on Taylor Road in Bethel Island, and talk to homeowners after a two-alarm fire in Bethel Island, Calif., on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The blaze, which started in a one-story home, destroyed two homes and damaged a third. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Staff)

Neighbors that were affected by a two-alarm fire that happened around 2:26 a.m. on Taylor Road in Bethel Island, look on as firefighters work on cleanup in Bethel Island, Calif., on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The blaze destroyed two homes and damaged a third. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Staff)

Red Cross volunteers help a group of neighbors that were affected by a two-alarm fire on Taylor Road in Bethel Island, Calif., on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The blaze destroyed two homes and damaged a third. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Staff)

A firefighter puts water on a flare-up from a two-alarm fire that happened around 2:26 a.m. in Bethel Island, Calif., on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The blaze destroyed two homes and damaged a third. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Staff)

Neighbors and residents that were displaced from a two alarm fire that happened around 2:26 a.m. on Taylor Road in Bethel Island, look on as firefighters clean-up in Bethel Island, Calif., on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The blaze which started in a one story home destroyed two home and damaged a third. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Staff)

Bethel Island Fire Destroys Two Homes and Damages a Third.

The early morning blaze, which started in a one-story home in the 1400 block of Taylor Road, destroyed two homes and damaged a third, Fire Chief Hugh Henderson of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District said. Crews were summoned at 2:26 a.m. to fight the blaze at the home, which had two-story homes on each side.